[chirp_users] NC Hams using chirp

[Dwayne]

Thanks for all of your help. I am really surprised someone hasn't built a cable that eliminates the db9 connector.

Dwayne

> On Apr 22, 2014, at 13:42, Milton <thecanesvenatici at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Just google USB to DB9. I buy stuff from Amazon and this will
> probably do the job along with the 1799 cable
> 
> http://www.amazon.com/C2G-Cables-26886-Serial-Adapter/dp/B000067RVJ
> 
> 
>> On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 1:05 PM, dwayne rich <drichnews at gmail.com> wrote:
>> so you are saying the only cable that will work with chirp and the IC-92AD is the icom cable that plug directly into the 92AD and has the RS232 end? Is there any RS232 adapter that will wor with this cable and chirp as all of my computers have USB ports and no RS232 port. Is there any hope that this will change in Chirp in the future so the OPC478 cable can be used?
>>  
>> Dwayne
>> 
>> 
>>> On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 12:44 PM, Dan Smith <dsmith at danplanet.com> wrote:
>>> > well the program tested the cable and said it is working just fine. I
>>> > tested it both with and without the opc-1797 cable attached with the same
>>> > results. So that would seem to indicate a problem with the radio or chirp.
>>> 
>>> The cable you need to use with the 92AD would fail a loopback test
>>> because it's not a looped cable. If that test passes, then I'd expect
>>> you're using an OPC-478 and the bayonet adapter to connect it. If so,
>>> that won't work with CHIRP. CHIRP talks to the 92AD in live high-speed
>>> mode, which doesn't require going into clone mode, and which won't work
>>> with the OPC-478.
>>> 
>>> See the entry for the 92AD on the CableGuide page:
>>> 
>>> http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/CableGuide#IC-91AD-IC-92AD-ID-1
>>> 
>>> --Dan
>>> 
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